Gutter-hanger.



No. 658,502. Patented Sept; 25, I900. J. M. LAIRD.

' GUTTER HANGER.

(Application filed Nov. 18, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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'tlm'ren STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. LAIRD, OF HUNTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA.

GUTTER-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 658,502, dated September 25, 1900.

Application filed November 18, 1897. Serial No. 658,907. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN M. LAIRD, a resident of Huntingdon, Huntingdon county, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Gutter-Hanger, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to gutter-hangers, and has for its object to produce a gutter-hanger of improved construct-ion.

To this end my invention consists in the construction hereinafter claimed.

My invention will be understood by-referring to theacconipanyiugdrawings,in which- Figure 1. is a side view of a gutter-hanger embodying my invention. Fig. 2isasection on line 6 6 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a detached view of a portion of the gutter support.

In the drawings, a is a suitable supportingbracket, herein shown as a suspension-bar, which is shown in the present instance as provided with attaching brackets b, secured thereto by a bolt 0. This suspension-bar is grooved or recessed at one side to form a keyway a and roughened or toothed on the other side a The gutter-support d, which is shown in the presentinstance as curved and provided with a hook d, is adapted to receive and support a gutter. The gutter-support is likewise provided with guides (1 which are joined by an apertured cross-bar (Z and is also provided with a tooth d The suspension-bar a passes through the stirrup formed by the guides 61 and their cross-bar oil The suspension-bar and gutter-support are shown as secured together by a screw f, which passes through the aperture in the stirrup of the gutter-support and engages the suspension-bar at a point at some distance from the tooth (1, so that the tooth will act as a fulcrum and permit the bar a to be firmly braced against the hanger by lVhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a gutter-hanger, the combination of a suspension-bar a having a support b therefor, a groove to therein and a toothed rear surface, a gutter-support d having a stirrup composed of the guides d for the suspension-bar and the apertured cross-bar 01 and a tooth d located to one side of the axis of the aperture of the cross-bar, a screw passing through the aperture of the cross-bar and a nut f on the screw and adapted to bear against the inner face of the cross-bar, the sides of the said nut abutting against the walls of the groove 0. of the suspension-bar which form stops to prevent rotation of the nut, whereby the suspension-bar and hanger will be firmly forced together by the screw or nut, the tooth d acting as a fulcrum to receive the thrust of the suspensionbar, which suspension-bar also bears directly against the face of the guttersupport, thereby forming a rigid connection between the gutter-support and the suspension-bar, substantially as described and for the purposes set forth.

JOHN M. LAIRD.

iVit-nesses:

R. A. ORBISON, B. F. FINK. 

